Five things you should know about the Aces Ballpark subsidy deal

In two weeks, the Reno City Council and the Washoe County Commission will vote on separate proposals to keep the Reno Aces in town.

The owners of the baseball team who also built its $58 million stadium need to refinance a $55 million short-term construction loan that's due in 14 months. The public funding that was going to pay for that refinancing dried up with the recession and now the owners say new sources of public financing are needed - namely $1.5 million in taxpayer dollars from Reno and Washoe County coffers.